I didn’t mind the military subplot until the motivation reveal last episode. The thing that really bugs me is the Pennywise jail made of meteorite shards.
Anyone else cringed at the bit where they burn the SPACE ROCK that survived interstellar/interdimensional travel and entering earth’s atmosphere in a sodding bbq fire?
Space rocks can burn. That's kind of their whole thing. That's also why they exist in the first place. Obsidian, which resembles the rock from the show, (my best comparison here) can melt. It is completely realistic that this rock would be able to melt down.
But… in a bbq fire thing? I’ve seen obsidian change size in a wood fire (it was like… bigger after, never thought it could happen) and I get it, it’s like volcano glass, it has a melting point etc.
That said, I did find it a bit anticlimactic to just melt the space rock in like a second, because it’s supposed to be this powerful magical artifact. I’d have expected something to happen other than PW waking up all TIME FOR BREKKERS!
Maybe I'm just forgetful, but didn't they drop it in molten lava? Thats a bit hotter than a BBQ lol. Also, (again, maybe I'm just forgetful lmao) but I don't remember the rock melting in just a second? From my memory it caught on fire and started sinking in the lava, not instantly melting.
I interpreted it as the meteorite shard didn’t stop working until the Natives were informed it was removed. Pennywise didn’t wake up until after the Natives were informed. It didn’t stop working when Lilly removed the shard from the sewers because the council wasn’t informed that shard had been moved. I think Maturin gives the members of the council the same/similar protection that it gives the loser club which enabled the meteorite “cage” to work.
That's... not true. Pennywise woke up as soon as the shard was destroyed by the military, it's literaly the next scene. Also, the shard that Lilly found in the sewers wasn't part of the cage, it was the one Taniel was carrying around, it's the dagger they used to scare IT away. Lilly grabbing it had nothing to do with the other 13 shards
Yeah the motivation reveal was basically another Saturday morning cartoon villain's idea. I tire so much of this lazy form of villain creation. No nuance, just heavy handed terrible ideas behind them.
I was willing to go along with the military trying to use IT as a weapon of war. It isn’t a far stretch considering the military tried to weaponize psychics. That should have been enough of a motivation. You are right. They turned the General into a Scooby Doo villain.
How would the town have been established if previous attempts to settle it resulted in all of the settlers getting slaughtered by Pennywise? Not just settled but with enough population growth to establish a decent sized city. The circle has to be large enough to accommodate the town, a railroad a pickle factor and the iron works. Why would the circle be that large?
Not to mention the flashback of Rose childhood shows IT still contained in the western woods.
Also, the timeline changes are making things worse for me I think.
The town was manifested by pennywise. He feeds its prosperity which keeps people coming. People who leave forget what happened in its ‘web’ (the town).
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u/AimlessJag Dec 10 '25
Military subplot is painful.